TikTok has 170 million users in the United States alone. The bill, which could trigger the rare step of barring a company from operating in the US market, passed the Senate by a 79-18 vote three days after it cleared the House of Re...
TikTok says a ban on the app would violate freedom of expression. The US House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would force the wildly popular social media app TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market. US and other Wester...
"This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court. We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail. The fact is, we have invested billions of dollars to keep US data ...
Why does the US want to ban TikTok? Fears in Washington have been ongoing over Chinese threats and the ownership of TikTok, which is used by 170 million Americans. For years, lawmakers and administration officials have expressed concerns that Chinese authorities could force ByteDance, the Beiji...
The Senate appears to be in no rush to pass a bill that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn't sell its stake.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Tuesday announced he would introduce a bill to implement a nationwide ban thesocial media app TikTok. "[TikTok] is China's backdoor into Americans' lives. It threatens our children's privacy as well as their mental health," Hawley tweeted Tuesday morning. "La...
A US Select House Committee unanimously passed a bill to allow the president to enforce a nationwide ban on TikTok.
TikTok responds to the TikTok ban bill signed by President Biden in a video from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.
"This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court. We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail. The fact is, we have invested billions of dollars to keep US data safe and our platform free from outside influence...
The latest bill, which would ban TikTok in US if ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year, now goes to the Senate for vote. President Biden has said he would sign the legislation into law. TMTPost -- TikTok warned Sunday that a potential ban on the popular short video app would...